A new corner detection algorithm based on the anisotropic Gaussian directional derivatives(ANDDs)autocorrelation matrix on edge contours is proposed to suppress noise and local variation
and to detect corners effectively. Firstly
the edge map of an image is extracted by the Canny edge detector. Secondly
the input image is smoothed by the ANDD filters; autocorrelation matrices are constructed for each edge pixel by the directional derivatives correlation of the pixel and its surrounding pixels. Finally
the contour pixels with local maxima of the sum of the normalized eigenvalues are labeled as corners. The proposed algorithm is different from the traditional contour-based detectors
and it uses the intensity variation auto-information on contours and their surrounding pixels rather than the curvatures of the planar curves
hence has better robustness to noise. Experimental results and comparisons with several state-of-art algorithms in both the noise-free and noise cases show that the average matched corner numbers of the proposed algorithm increase by about 7.4 and 9.3 percent
respectively; and the average positioning errors reduce by about 10 and 15.2 percent
respectively.
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